OSSEOUS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 7

adj. O2s'e2-u3s. Lat., osneus (from os, a bone). Fr., o eux. Ger., knochern, be in hart (2d def.), knochenhart (2d def.). 1. See BONY. 2. Of bony hardne . [s. 180]